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How to Create a Million-Dollar Business This Weekend (Examples: AppSumo, Mint, Chihuahuas)

How to Create a Million-Dollar Business This Weekend (Examples: AppSumo, Mint, Chihuahuas)
Noah Kagan built two multi-million dollar online businesses before turning 28. He also looks great in orange. (Photo: Laughing Squid) I first met Noah Kagan over rain and strong espressos at Red Rock Coffee in Mountain View, CA. It would be the first of many. The matchmaker then introducing us was the prophetic and profane Dave McClure, General Partner of 500 Start-ups, which is now headquartered just down the street from Red Rock. Mr. He was employee #30 at Facebook, #4 at Mint, had previously worked for Intel (where he frequently took naps under his desk), and had turned down a six-figure offer from Yahoo. The purpose of this post is simple: to teach you how to get a $1,000,000 business idea off the ground in one weekend, full of specific tools and tricks that Noah has used himself. He will be your guide… Enter Noah For some reason, people love to make excuses about why they haven’t created their dream business or even gotten started. We made the original product for Gambit in a weekend.

Hire people to do business projects for $5 How an Injured NFL Hopeful Made a Fortune on LinkedIn Instead Lewis Howes is a world record holder and former professional football player who got injured in his rookie season, lost everything and then used LinkedIn to become an Internet millionaire in 2 years. After hitting rock bottom and living on his sister's couch for half a year, Howes turned to LinkedIn and leveraged the networks he built there to launch his own brand. He is now a successful entrepreneur and sought-after author, speaker and brand consultant. Watch our interview with Lewis Howes to learn how to monetize social networking platforms, how to use LinkedIn to find new customers and business opportunities, and how to build and manage a list of passionate brand advocates. Behind the Brand is hosted by Bryan Elliott.

Lisa Suttora — Banks to Small Business: Online Theft? Tough Luck Two years ago hackers stole $5.2 million from the online account of Experi-Metal, a 135-employee metal products manufacturer in Sterling Heights, Mich. The bank, Comerica (CMA), got nearly 90 percent of the money back, but said the unrecoverable $561,000 was Experi-Metal’s problem because the company had allowed a computer to be infected. “The fraud department at Comerica said, ‘What’s wrong with you? How could you let this happen?’ ” says Valiena A. Allison, Experi-Metal’s chief executive officer. Cybercrooks are stealing as much as $1 billion a year from the accounts of small and midsize companies in the U.S. and Europe, according to estimates from Dell SecureWorks (DELL), a security arm of the PC maker. Hacking losses dwarf the $43 million the FBI says was taken last year in conventional bank heists, and authorities are struggling to keep up with criminals abroad, whose trails turn cold fast. Both the FBI and the U.S. The Patco rulings infuriated James R.

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6 Things to Know Before Starting a Business This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. An entrepreneur’s life can be a real roller coaster. Having started a few businesses in my career, I thought it would be useful to highlight some of the hard-won experience I’ve learned throughout the process — the kind of advice I wish I’d known when I started my first, or even second, business. 1. If you’re not seeking outside funding at the start, it’s tempting to forgo writing out a formal business plan. In addition, don’t overlook the exit strategy at the beginning. 2. My husband and I launched our first online legal document filing service in 1997, and then re-entered the market with our second company in 2009. The marketplace and your business plan are living entities; they’re continually in flux. 3. I form bonds quickly and make fast friends with people around me. 4. 5. 6. Conclusion

The Work at Home Woman Richard Branson on How to Avoid Common Startup Mistakes Editor's Note: Entrepreneur Richard Branson regularly shares his business experience and advice with readers. What follows is the latest edited round of insightful responses. Ask him a question and your query might be the inspiration for a future column. Q: What are some of the most common mistakes entrepreneurs make when starting out? A: Making mistakes is part of the process of building a company; quickly recovering from them is what's most important. But your way forward is not entirely uncharted: When you notice an opportunity that has never occurred to anyone else, there are certain steps to turning your vision into reality. Let's take a look at these steps, and also at ways to avoid some of the most common mistakes new entrepreneurs make. Step 1: Stay on Target A mistake often associated with the first step is signaled by an entrepreneur's inability to clearly and concisely convey his idea. Related: Richard Branson on Finding and Selecting Investors for Your Startup

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